Comments on: Power button on Acer Aspire 9500 does not work

By: brett melton

brett melton — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:47:01 +0000

I just sold the same computer. If I would have found this sooner, I would of never sold it…

O well..

Brett

By: Jessie Mellerson

Jessie Mellerson — Mon, 09 May 2011 01:00:11 +0000

I have an otherwise perfectly useful Compac Armada. The battery is probably still good, because it stopped suddenly being able to boot up. There’s nothing but a blinking cursor on a black screen. Does this sound like something that is repairable at home with some new parts?

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:31:31 +0000

peter,

i have a dell inspiron 1501 and had a universal charger powering it . the charger overheated and melted tho i dont know how ?

Probably it wasn’t the right adapter for your laptop. That’s why I always recommend my customers to buy original factory adapters, not some strange third-party adapters.

the laptop was being used by a friend at the time ! one melted charger and one non powering laptop now ! is it salvageable ?

I cannot tell if you can fix the laptop without looking at the laptop. Probably you can sell it for parts.

By: peter mcmahon

peter mcmahon — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:34:44 +0000

i have a dell inspiron 1501 and had a universal charger powering it . the charger overheated and melted tho i dont know how ? the laptop was being used by a friend at the time ! one melted charger and one non powering laptop now ! is it salvagable ?any help would be much appreciated.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:51:01 +0000

Hi,I’m afraid this post won’t be helpful to you Sammy, but I have a similar (not identical) problem. I have an Acer 5630EZ with an unusual power problem – I can’t turn it on if it has been in use recently. There is no problem turning it on for the first time each day, but if it is shut down it takes at least 30 mins (sometimes much more – up to 3 or 4 hours if the computer shut down because the battery ran out) before it can be fired up again. Pressing the power button has a mechanical effect, as the battery indicator light responds (flashing red or green depending on whether or not it is currently charging), but the laptop itself remains switched off. Occasionally hitting the power button repeatedly works, but generally it doesn’t. No idea what to do, any help appreciated. Cheers, Chris

By: sammy

sammy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:05:01 +0000

thanks for your suggestions. I will try and give you feedback.

By: robbo

robbo — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:28:14 +0000

I had the same proble, my power button ceased to function a couple of years ago. I now boot by pressing the arcade button on the front and pressing F2 at the boot screen, this brings up the boot options etc. simply use the right arrow key to scroll across and press enter, exit saving changes and the laptop will boot up as normal, sorted!